linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] x86/mm: Remove flush_tlb() and flush_tlb_current

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:02:37 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] x86/mm: Remove flush_tlb() and flush_tlb_current_task()

I was trying to figure out what how flush_tlb_current_task() would
possibly work correctly if current->mm != current->active_mm, but I
realized I could spare myself the effort: it has no callers except
the unused flush_tlb() macro.  In fact, it doesn't even exist on
!SMP builds.

Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h |  3 ---
 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c               | 17 -----------------
 2 files changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index fc5abff9b7fd..cc7ea9a7d0c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -303,14 +303,11 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start,
 		flush_tlb_mm_range(vma->vm_mm, start, end, vma->vm_flags)
 
 extern void flush_tlb_all(void);
-extern void flush_tlb_current_task(void);
 extern void flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long);
 extern void flush_tlb_mm_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
 				unsigned long end, unsigned long vmflag);
 extern void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
-#define flush_tlb()	flush_tlb_current_task()
-
 void native_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 				struct mm_struct *mm,
 				unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index a7655f6caf7d..92ec37f517ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -289,23 +289,6 @@ void native_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
 	smp_call_function_many(cpumask, flush_tlb_func, &info, 1);
 }
 
-void flush_tlb_current_task(void)
-{
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
-
-	preempt_disable();
-
-	count_vm_tlb_event(NR_TLB_LOCAL_FLUSH_ALL);
-
-	/* This is an implicit full barrier that synchronizes with switch_mm. */
-	local_flush_tlb();
-
-	trace_tlb_flush(TLB_LOCAL_SHOOTDOWN, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
-	if (cpumask_any_but(mm_cpumask(mm), smp_processor_id()) < nr_cpu_ids)
-		flush_tlb_others(mm_cpumask(mm), mm, 0UL, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
-	preempt_enable();
-}
-
 /*
  * See Documentation/x86/tlb.txt for details.  We choose 33
  * because it is large enough to cover the vast majority (at
-- 
2.9.3